景德傳燈錄 11.34

11.34

楊州城東光孝院慧覺禪師。僧問。覺花才綻遍滿娑婆。祖印西來合譚何事。師曰。情生智隔。曰此是教意。師曰。汝披什麼衣服。問一棒打破虛空時如何。師曰。困即歇去。師問宋齊丘。還會道麼。宋曰。道也著不得。師曰。有著不得無著不得。宋曰。總不恁麼。師曰。著不得底。宋無對。師領眾出。見露柱師合掌曰。不審世尊。一僧曰。和尚是露柱。師曰。啼得血流無用處。不如緘口過殘春。僧問。遠遠投師師意如何。曰官家嚴切不許安排。曰師豈無方便。師曰。且向火倉裏一宿。張居士問。爭奈老何。師曰。年多少。張曰。八十也。師曰。可謂老也。曰究竟如何。師曰。直至千歲也未住。有人問。某甲平生愛殺牛。還有罪否。師曰。無罪。曰為什麼無罪。師曰。殺一箇還一箇。

Chan Master Huijue of the Guangxiao Cloister east of the city of Yangzhou. A monk asked, "When the flower of awakening has just blossomed, it fills the Sahā world. When the ancestral seal came from the West, what matter ought to be discussed?" The Master said, "Feelings arise, and wisdom is blocked." [The monk] said, "This is the meaning of the teachings." The Master said, "What clothing are you wearing?" [A monk] asked, "When empty space is shattered with a single blow of the staff, what then?" The Master said, "When tired, rest." The Master asked Song Qiqiu, "Do you understand the Way?" Song said, "Even the Way cannot be accommodated." The Master said, "Is there accommodating or no accommodating?" Song said, "It is not like that at all." The Master said, "That which cannot be accommodated!" Song had no reply. The Master led the congregation out; seeing an open pillar, the Master joined his palms and said, "Greetings, World-Honoured One." A monk said, "Upādhyāya, that is an open pillar." The Master said, "Weeping until blood flows is of no use; better to keep one's mouth shut and let the remaining spring pass." A monk asked, "Coming from afar to turn to the Master, what is the Master's intention?" [The Master] said, "The authorities are strict and do not permit putting [you] up." [The monk] said, "Does the Master not have skillful means?" The Master said, "Stay overnight in the furnace shed for now." Upāsaka Zhang asked, "What can be done about old age?" The Master said, "How old are you?" Zhang said, "Eighty." The Master said, "That may indeed be called old." [Zhang] said, "What is it ultimately?" The Master said, "Even straight up to a thousand years, it has not stopped." Someone asked, "In my life I love to slaughter oxen. Is there any sin?" The Master said, "No sin." [The person] said, "Why is there no sin?" The Master said, "Kill one, repay one."